1974 US Top Grossing
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1. Blazing Saddles (1974)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Western
In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman
Votes: 152,313 | Gross: $119.50M
2. The Towering Inferno (1974)
PG | 165 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
At the opening party of a colossal, but poorly constructed, office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden, Faye Dunaway
Votes: 48,195 | Gross: $116.00M
3. The Trial of Billy Jack (1974)
PG | 170 min | Action, Drama, Music
After Billy Jack in sentenced to four years in prison for the "involuntary manslaughter" of the first film, the Freedom School expands and flourishes under the guidance of Jean Roberts. The... See full summary »
Director: Tom Laughlin | Stars: Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, Victor Izay, Teresa Kelly
Votes: 1,516 | Gross: $89.00M
4. Young Frankenstein (1974)
PG | 106 min | Comedy
An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle
Votes: 168,779 | Gross: $86.30M
5. Earthquake (1974)
PG | 122 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene
Votes: 17,867 | Gross: $79.70M
6. The Godfather Part II (1974)
R | 202 min | Crime, Drama
The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton
Votes: 1,362,502 | Gross: $57.30M
7. Airport 1975 (1974)
PG | 107 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A 747 in flight collides with a small plane, and is rendered pilotless. Somehow the control tower must get a pilot aboard so the jet can land.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Votes: 11,843 | Gross: $47.29M
8. The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1974)
G | 93 min | Adventure, Family, Western
After fleeing into the mountains after he is wrongly accused of murder, woodsman "Grizzly Adams" discovers an uncanny bond to the indigenous wildlife of the region after rescuing an orphaned grizzly bear cub whom he adopts and calls "Ben".
Director: Richard Friedenberg | Stars: Dan Haggerty, Don Shanks, Marjorie Harper, Lisa Jones
Votes: 1,018 | Gross: $45.41M
9. Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
PG | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one is in the bag - thereby, the police precipitate in a desperate car chase against Pace and his Eleanor across Southern California.
Director: H.B. Halicki | Stars: H.B. Halicki, Marion Busia, Jerry Daugirda, James McIntyre
Votes: 9,938 | Gross: $0.47M
10. Benji (1974)
G | 86 min | Adventure, Family, Romance
A stray dog saves two kidnapped children.
Director: Joe Camp | Stars: Peter Breck, Deborah Walley, Patsy Garrett, Allen Fiuzat
Votes: 5,186 | Gross: $39.55M
11. Herbie Rides Again (1974)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The living Volkswagen Beetle helps an old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Helen Hayes, Ken Berry, Stefanie Powers, John McIntire
Votes: 8,829 | Gross: $38.23M
12. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
R | 83 min | Horror
Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain
Votes: 183,314 | Gross: $30.86M
13. Chinatown (1974)
R | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez
Votes: 349,465
14. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
R | 115 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organize a daring new heist.
Director: Michael Cimino | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy, Geoffrey Lewis
Votes: 28,668 | Gross: $25.00M
15. Death Wish (1974)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad after his wife is murdered by street punks. In self-defense, the vengeful man kills muggers on the mean streets after dark.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats
Votes: 43,986 | Gross: $22.00M
16. The Groove Tube (1974)
R | 75 min | Comedy
A collection of skits that make fun of 1970s television, featuring early appearances by Chevy Chase and Richard Belzer.
Director: Ken Shapiro | Stars: Ken Shapiro, Richard Belzer, Chevy Chase, Buzzy Linhart
Votes: 2,340 | Gross: $20.45M
17. Macon County Line (1974)
R | 89 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A vengeful Southern sheriff is out for blood after his wife is brutally killed by a pair of drifters.
Director: Richard Compton | Stars: Alan Vint, Cheryl Waters, Max Baer Jr., Geoffrey Lewis
Votes: 1,660 | Gross: $18.77M
18. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
PG | 112 min | Drama, Romance
A recently widowed woman is on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Mia Bendixsen, Alfred Lutter III
Votes: 27,435 | Gross: $18.60M
19. The Front Page (1974)
PG | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A ruthless editor tries to get his top reporter to cover one more crime story before retirement.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon, Vincent Gardenia
Votes: 15,276 | Gross: $17.30M
20. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
R | 155 min | Drama, Romance
Although wife and mother Mabel is loved by her husband Nick, her mental illness places a strain on the marriage.
Director: John Cassavetes | Stars: Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Fred Draper, Lady Rowlands
Votes: 28,655 | Gross: $13.34M
21. California Split (1974)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
When a casual gambler (George Segal as Bill) befriends a professional one (Elliott Gould as Charlie), he begins to mirror his life, sending both deeper into the sleazy gambling world where the stakes keep getting bigger.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: George Segal, Elliott Gould, Ann Prentiss, Gwen Welles
Votes: 8,407 | Gross: $10.90M
22. The Sugarland Express (1974)
PG | 110 min | Crime, Drama
A woman attempts to reunite her family by helping her husband escape prison and together kidnapping their son. But things don't go as planned when they are forced to take a police hostage on the road.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks, William Atherton
Votes: 19,064 | Gross: $7.50M
23. The Conversation (1974)
PG | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Frederic Forrest
Votes: 121,695 | Gross: $4.42M
24. Three the Hard Way (1974)
R | 89 min | Action, Thriller
Blaxploitation film about three martial-arts specialists who prevent white supremacists from tainting the U.S. water supply with a toxin that's only harmful to black people.
Director: Gordon Parks Jr. | Stars: Jim Brown, Fred Williamson, Jim Kelly, Sheila Frazier
Votes: 1,753 | Gross: $1.28M
25. The Man from Clover Grove (1974)
G | 96 min | Comedy, Family
A poor farmer is always inventing things. A lot of them don't work, but the toys he makes brings joy to the children at the local orphanage. It is a very good movie.
Director: William Byron Hillman | Stars: Ron Masak, Cheryl Miller, Jed Allan, Richard Deacon
Votes: 56 | Gross: $0.58M
26. White Salt and Sunshine (1973)
Director: Paul Kiener | Stars: Art Arfons, Craig Breedlove, Donald Campbell, Malcolm Campbell
27. Lucifer's Women (1974)
R | 91 min | Horror
An acclaimed author has developed an interest in Satanism and black magic. Hoping to manipulate him in order to satisfy his own perverse desires, his publisher convinces him to perform the ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Aratow | Stars: Larry Hankin, Jane Brunel-Cohen, Norman Pierce, Paul Thomas
Votes: 180
28. The Devil Made Me Do It (1974)
70 min | Comedy, Horror
Satan sends several of his most voluptuous demons to Earth to corrupt susceptible men.
Director: Norbert Meisel | Stars: Brigette Giursa, Andy Hopkins, Celenthia Monett, Ted Roter
Votes: 10
29. The Minutes and Hours (1974)
60 min | Drama
The film centers around the struggles of drug addiction and the arduous process of withdrawal.
Director: Frany Sardou | Stars: Alex Colon, Julio Colon, Carlos Cruz, Laura Figueroa
33. Young, Rich and Ripe (1974)
X | 72 min | Crime
Stars: Jack Birch, Carol Connors, Aurora Davis, Al Del Bake
34. The Deadly Touch (1974)
Action
Director: Moc Kan Sent | Stars: Albert Glez-Rubio, Mirtha Moc, Louis O'Quendo, Rosendo Rosell
35. The Transformation: A Sandwich of Nightmares (1974)
R | 87 min | Horror
Novice Baxter falls in love with exotic singer Mitchelle, who turns out to be the high priestess of a cult he's investigating. The fictional part of the film is bookended with behind-the-scenes footage of the production.
Director: Lewis Jackson | Stars: Michael Baxter, Les Crook, Lewis Jackson, David Kirk
36. Slime Town Blues (1974)
Comedy
Counterculture comedy which parodies B movies.
Director: Ian Morrison | Stars: Ed 'Zelmo' Baty, Allan Boardman, Jimmy Bowers, John Q. Bruce
37. Angie Baby (1974)
84 min | Adult, Crime, Drama
Director: Alan Colberg | Stars: Linda Neal, David Douglas, Becky Sharpe, Linda York
Votes: 11
38. Apache Fire (1974)
45 min | Drama
Director: Don Ross | Stars: Ron Boni, Esther Corbett, Fred Oram, David Colosimo II
Votes: 7
39. Print Generation (1974)
50 min
J.J. Murphy's feature length experimental film is a meditation on light, chemistry, and the properties of photographic emulsion and can therefore be identified as a structuralist film. ... See full summary »
Director: J.J. Murphy
Votes: 20
40. The Enemy (1974)
67 min | Drama, Fantasy
Christians Betsy and Tim grapple with demons who have possessed a pair of young brothers.
Director: Donald W. Thompson | Stars: Ken Smith, Judith Ivey, Ron Relic, Ed Krieger
Votes: 11
42. It Happened One Weekend (1974)
R | Drama
Was it mass demonic possession? Was she possessed? You'll never forget the DEMONIC PLOT. Beyond the room of TERRIFYING EVIL.
Director: Palmer Rockey | Stars: Palmer Rockey, Cookie Ann, Ron DiSalvo, Sherry Moore
43. The Great Masquerade (1974)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime
In order to infiltrate a gang of drug smugglers, a cop is sent undercover to participate in a drag-queen beauty contest aboard a cruise ship.
Director: Alan Ormsby | Stars: Kaye Stevens, Roberts Blossom, Gay Perkins, Frank Logan
Votes: 123
44. Arizona Slim (1974)
Comedy, Musical
Director: Richard Chase | Stars: Judith Cohen, Joe Cortese, Yvonne De Carlo, Michael Des Barres
45. Acts of Light (1974)
55 min
This is a trilogy consisting of Rate of Change , Angular Momentum and Circles of Confusion . Together they develop a study of pure color based on the notion that film is essentially change ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Brand
46. North of the Sun (1974)
G | 80 min | Adventure
Conservationist Gordon Eastman searches for two wolves in the beautiful frozen wilds of Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Director: Gordon Eastman | Stars: Lorne Greene, Gordon Eastman, Burr Middleton, Jesse Pearson
Votes: 9
47. Let's Go for Broke (1974)
PG | Action, Comedy
A TV reporter gets kidnapped to Haiti and fights a series of criminals to rescue other victims and save the world from a secret formula that turns people into ground meat.
Director: Ron Walsh | Stars: Christa Helm, Chitra Neogy, Frank Raiter, Jacqueline Mayro
Votes: 13
48. Tiger Cage (1974)
Action
Director: Sean MacGregor | Stars: William Smith, Janee Michelle, Gayle Hemingway, John Alderman
49. A Pocket Filled with Dreams (1974)
PG | 80 min | Drama
A divorcee takes her young son to visit his expatriate father.
Director: Joanna Lee | Stars: Jeff Cooper, Joanna Lee, Panos Christi, Christopher Ciampa
50. Last Free Ride (1974)
84 min | Comedy, History, Music
Director: Roy Nolan | Stars: Saul Rouda, Joe Tate
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